Hepatitis C and urticaria: Cause and effect?

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 668-

  Siddique, N ^a   Pereira, B N ^b   Hasan Arshad, S ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chronic urticaria; Hepatitis C infection

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MICROPARTICLE ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALITY; URTICARIA;

EID: 2942547423     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2004.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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